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Data Engineer (G7)

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
London, GBR
Parttime, Fulltime
Onsite
£57,946–£75,664
Discovered 1 weeks ago
Azure data engineeringETL/ELT pipeline designPySparkPythonData engineeringCloud data engineering

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Role overview

Join DWP’s Data Engineering community to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable data solutions used across UK services.

The role supports reliable, well-governed data access for analysts, data scientists and operational teams.

Candidate requirements

  • The job summary calls for a Senior Data Engineer with expert-level Azure data engineering, ETL/ELT pipeline design and technical team leadership experience.
  • Strong knowledge of PySpark and Python is required.
  • Security Check clearance is required.
  • The posting states that candidates must have resided continuously in the UK for at least three of the last five years, including the two immediately preceding years.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design, development and maintenance of scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using PySpark and Python.
  • Gather complex stakeholder data requirements and shape datasets for analysts’ dashboards and insights.
  • Build and manage data supply across systems and applications, database management and extraction scripts.
  • Lead team data and platform transformation or migration programmes.
  • Develop cloud data pipelines, products, automation, logging, monitoring and performance assurance.
  • Oversee operational data and metadata tracking and cataloguing tools and compliance with business standards.
  • Lead Agile practices and engineering tools for version control, automation, monitoring, testing, deployment and change tracking.

Tools and technologies

  • The posting names Google Cloud Data Catalog, AWS Glue Data Catalog, Azure Data Catalog, Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog, Alation and Apache Atlas as examples of cataloguing tools.

Locations

  • Possible locations are Birmingham, Blackpool, Coventry, Darlington, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sheffield.
  • The London Caxton House location is limited to eligible existing DWP employees already based at Caxton House or Sanctuary Buildings.
  • Newcastle and Sheffield roles initially use specified existing offices before planned moves by the end of 2027 and early 2028, respectively.

Contract and working pattern

  • The position is permanent.
  • Working patterns include flexible working, full-time, job share and part-time.

Salary and pension

  • Salary is £57,946–£75,664; the posting directs candidates to the benefits section for location-specific details.
  • Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.

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